Michael, This is an item from an annotated bibliography I created for a master's project at East Carolina University. Errington, J. (2001). Colonial Linguistics. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30, 19-39. Descriptive linguistic projects by Europeans within colonial regimes led to objectifying, regulating and categorizing native languages. The consequences were sociolinguistic hierarchies, creation of new ethno-cultural identities, and spiritual dominion through language, all of which supported European colonial interests Much of the linguistic engineering was done by missionaries whose work “effaced pre-colonial social formations (and) also gave rise to new, language-linked socioeconomic stratification that subserved political and economic agendas of the colonial states that sanctioned their work.” These early “linguists” ideological notions of languages both served and reconfirmed the overarching ideology of “the white man’s burden” which in fact was the highly lucrative burden of exploitation. Errington connects the use of linguistic weapons in colonial contexts to hegemony at home. “These hierarchies bear broad comparison with others in Europe, where literate, urban, bourgeoisies viewed peasants and workers at t heir own geopolitical economic and linguistic margins in similar way.” (p.25) This ties in with my focus on connecting linguistic imperialism with linguistic elitism to separate groups of native speakers in the United States. -- Christine Reintjes Martin [log in to unmask] ----Original Message Follows---- From: Scott Lavitt <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/